Pratidin Time
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Country | India |
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Broadcast area | India |
Headquarters | Guwahati, Assam, India |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Assamese |
Picture format | 4:3 (576i, SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Yash TV Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
Key people | Nitumoni Saikia |
History | |
Launched | 1 April 2015 |
Links | |
Website | pratidintime.com |
Pratidin Time is a 24-hour Assamese news channel. The programs of the channel include various infotainment, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, showbiz, fashion, and education.[citation needed]
History
Pratidin Time, is a 24-hour Assamese satellite news channel of Assam, India. It launched on 1 April 2015.[citation needed] Pratidin Time is a unit of Yash TV Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.[citation needed] The Channel is a sister concern a media network of Assam, weekly newspaper Sadin, daily newspaper Asomiya Pratidin and women's magazine Nandini.
Associated journalists
- Nitumoni Saikia, editor-in-chief of this channel.
- Mrinal Talukdar, senior journalist
Controversies
- In August 2015, Pratidin Time was slammed on social media for airing a report on "scantily clad" women, calling them a summer-time nuisance that went against the local culture. After the massive outrage online, Pratidin Time pulled down the video from its official YouTube channel which was uploaded in May 2015. However, a copy of it with English subtitle went viral on social networking sites.[1][2] There has also been an online petition to the Assam's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to enforce responsible journalism, supported by many including Adil Hussain, Rajni Basumatary
- In April 2021, a phone call recording went viral where Minister Pijush Hazarika found threatening a Journalist of Pratidin Time[3] for airing a news related to his wife Aimee Baruah[4]
Programs
- Prime Time
- Pratidin@5
- Abhimat
- Bishleshan – Let's Debate
- The Big Hour
- Morning Prime
- Geet
See also
References
- ^ Dhar, Aniruddha (20 August 2015). "Assam journo in the news after sexist report on women's clothes". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Assamese news channel sparks outrage after it compares women in shorts to monkeys". ABP News. New Delhi. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Gauhati Press Club slams Assam minister Pijush Hazarika for "threatening" TV journalist". Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Singh, Abhilash (1 April 2021). "Guwahati Press Club condemns BJP leader Pijush Hazarika for intimidating journalist". EastMojo. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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